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GIMP(1)								       GIMP(1)

NAME
       gimp - an image manipulation and paint program.

SYNOPSIS
       gimp   [-h]   [--help]	[--help-all]   [--help-gtk]  [-v]  [--version]
       [--license] [--verbose] [--no-shm] [--no-cpu-accel] [--display display]
       [-d]   [--no-data]   [-f]   [--no-fonts]	  [-i]	[--no-interface]  [-s]
       [--no-splash]  [--session  <name>]  [-g]	 [--gimprc  <gimprc>]  [--sys‐
       tem-gimprc <gimprc>] [--dump-gimprc] [--console-messages] [--debug-han‐
       dlers]	[--stack-trace-mode   <mode>]	 [--pdb-compat-mode    <mode>]
       [--batch-interpreter  <procedure>]  [-b] [--batch <command>] [filename]
       ...

DESCRIPTION
       GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It  is  used	 to  edit  and
       manipulate  images. It can load and save a variety of image formats and
       can be used to convert between formats.

       GIMP can also be used as a paint program. It features a set of  drawing
       and  painting  tools  such as airbrush, clone, pencil, and paint brush.
       Painting and drawing tools can be applied to an image with a variety of
       paint modes.  It also offers an extensive array of selection tools like
       rectangle, ellipse, fuzzy select, bezier select, intelligent  scissors,
       and select by color.

       GIMP  offers  a	variety	 of  plug-ins  that perform a variety of image
       manipulations.  Examples include bumpmap, edge detect,  gaussian	 blur,
       and  many  others.  In  addition,  GIMP has several scripting extension
       which allow for advanced non-interactive	 processing  and  creation  of
       images.

       GIMP  ships  with a second binary called gimp-console. This binary is a
       console-only version and	 behaves  as  if  gimp	was  called  with  the
       --no-interface command-line option.

OPTIONS
       The gimp accepts the following options:

       -h, --help
	       Show GIMP command-line options.

       --help-all
	       Show all command-line options.

       --help-gtk
	       Show GTK+ command-line options.

       -v, --version
	       Output version information and exit.

       --license
	       Output license information and exit.

       --verbose
	       Be verbose and create information on standard output.

       --no-shm
	       Do  not	use  shared  memory  between  GIMP  and	 its plug-ins.
	       Instead of using shared memory, GIMP will  send	the  data  via
	       pipe.  This will result in slower performance than using shared
	       memory.

       --no-cpu-accel
	       Do not use CPU accelerations such as MMX or SSE	even  if  GIMP
	       detects that your CPU provides this functionality.

       -d, --no-data
	       Do  not	load  patterns, gradients, palettes, or brushes. Often
	       useful in non-interactive situations where startup time	is  to
	       be minimized.

       -f, --no-fonts
	       Do  not load any fonts. No text functionality will be available
	       if this option is used.

       -i, --no-interface
	       Run without a user interface.

       --display display
	       Use the designated X display.

       -s, --no-splash
	       Do not show the splash screen.

       --session <name>
	       Use a different sessionrc for this GIMP session. The given ses‐
	       sion name is appended to the default sessionrc filename.

       -g, --gimprc <gimprc>
	       Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default one. Useful in
	       cases where plug-in paths or machine specs may be different.

       --system-gimprc <gimprc>
	       Use an alternate system gimprc file.

       --dump-gimprc
	       Output a gimprc file with default settings.

       --debug-handlers
	       Enable debugging signal handlers.

       -c, --console-messages
	       Do not popup dialog boxes on errors or warnings. Print the mes‐
	       sages on the console instead.

       --stack-trace-mode {never|query|always}
	       If a stack-trace should be generated in case of fatal signals.

       --pdb-compat-mode {off|on|warn}
	       If the PDB should provide aliases for deprecated functions.

       --batch-interpreter <procedure>
	       Specifies  the  procedure  to  use to process batch events. The
	       default is to let Script-Fu evaluate the commands.

       -b, --batch <command>
	       Execute <command> non-interactively.  This  option  may	appear
	       multiple	 times.	  The  <command> is passed to the batch inter‐
	       preter. When <command> is - the commands are read from standard
	       input.

ENVIRONMENT
       GIMP respects a number of environment variables.

       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       GIMP2_DIRECTORY
	       to  get	the  name  of  the  personal  GIMP directory. If unset
	       .gimp-2.3 is used.  If this is an absolute path, it is used  as
	       is.  If it is a relative path, it is taken to be a subdirectory
	       of the home directory.

       GIMP2_DATADIR
	       to get the base location for data files	such  as  brushes  and
	       patterns.  If unset ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0 is used.

       GIMP2_LOCALEDIR
	       to get the base location for translations. If unset ${dataroot‐
	       dir}/locale is used.

       GIMP2_PLUGINDIR
	       to get the base location for plug-ins  and  modules.  If	 unset
	       ${exec_prefix}/lib/gimp/2.0 is used.

       GIMP2_SYSCONFDIR
	       to   get	  the	location  of  configuration  files.  If	 unset
	       /etc/X11/gimp/2.0 is used.

	       On Linux GIMP can be compiled with support for binary relocati‐
	       bility.	This will cause data, plug-ins and configuration files
	       to be searched relative to the location of the gimp  executable
	       file  unless  overridden by the environment variables mentioned
	       above.

FILES
       GIMP's data files are stored in ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0,	 where	${pre‐
       fix} is set on install, but is typically /usr/local. GIMP's system-wide
       configuration files are stored in /etc/X11/gimp/2.0.  Most GIMP config‐
       uration	is  read in from the user's init file, $HOME/.gimp-2.3/gimprc.
       The system wide equivalent is in /etc/X11/gimprc. The system wide  file
       is  parsed  first and the user gimprc can override the system settings.
       /etc/X11/gimprc_user is the default gimprc placed in users' home direc‐
       tories the first time GIMP is run.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/devicerc	 -  holds  settings for input devices together
       with the tool, colors, brush, pattern and gradient associated  to  that
       device.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/documents  -  lists all images that have been opened or
       saved using GIMP.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/gtkrc - users set of GIMP-specific GTK config settings.
       Options such as widget color and fonts sizes can be set here.

       /etc/X11/gimp/2.0/gtkrc	- sytem wide default set of GIMP-specific GTK+
       config settings.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/menurc - user's set of keybindings.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/parasiterc - Stores all persistent GIMP parasites. This
       file will be rewritten every time you quit the GIMP.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/sessionrc - This file takes session-specific info (that
       is info, you want to keep between two GIMP sessions). You are not  sup‐
       posed  to edit it manually, but of course you can do. This file will be
       entirely rewritten every time you quit the GIMP.	 If  this  file	 isn't
       found, defaults are used.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/templaterc - Image templates are kept in this file. New
       images can conveniently created from  these  templates.	If  this  file
       isn't found, defaults are used.

       /etc/X11/gimp/2.0/unitrc	 - default user unit database. It contains the
       unit definitions for  centimeters,  meters,  feet,  yards,  typographic
       points  and  typographic	 picas and is placed in users home directories
       the first time the GIMP is ran. If this file isn't found, defaults  are
       used.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/unitrc  -  This	file contains your user unit database.
       You can modify this list with the unit editor. You are not supposed  to
       edit it manually, but of course you can do.  This file will be entirely
       rewritten every time you quit the GIMP.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/plug-ins - location of user installed plug-ins.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/pluginrc - plug-in  initialization  values  are	stored
       here. This file is parsed on startup and regenerated if need be.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/modules - location of user installed modules.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/tmp  -  default	location  that	GIMP uses as temporary
       space.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/brushes - system wide brush files.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/brushes - user created and installed brush files. These
       files are in the .gbr, .gih or .vbr file formats.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/curves  -  Curve profiles and presets as saved from the
       Curves tool.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/gimpressionist - Presets and user created  brushes  and
       papers are stored here.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/levels  -  Level profiles and presets as saved from the
       Levels tool.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/palettes - the system wide palette files.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/palettes - user created	and  modified  palette	files.
       This files are in the .gpl format.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/patterns	 -  basic  set	of patterns for use in
       GIMP.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/patterns - user	created	 and  installed	 gimp  pattern
       files. This files are in the .pat format.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gradients  - standard system wide set of gradi‐
       ent files.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/gradients - user created and installed gradient files.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/scripts - system wide directory of scripts used
       in Script-Fu and other scripting extensions.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/scripts - user created and installed scripts.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gflares	-  system  wide	 directory used by the
       gflare plug-in.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/gflares - user created and installed gflare files.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gfig - system wide directory used by  the  gfig
       plug-in.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.3/gfig - user created and installed gfig files.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-splash.png - the default image used
       for the GIMP splash screen.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-logo.png - image used in  the  GIMP
       about dialog.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/tips/gimp-tips.xml  -  tips as displayed in the
       "Tip of the Day" dialog box.

SPLASH IMAGES
       GIMP comes with a default image for the splash  screen  but  it	allows
       system  administrators and users to customize the splash screen by pro‐
       viding other images. The image to be used with  the  splash  screen  is
       chosen as follows:

       1.     GIMP  tries  to  load  a random splash screen from the directory
	      $HOME/.gimp-2.3/splashes.

       2.     It then falls back to using $HOME/.gimp-2.3/gimp-splash.png.

       3.     If the user didn't install any custom splash  images,  a	random
	      image is picked from ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/splashes.

       4.     As  a last resort, GIMP uses the default splash image located at
	      ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-splash.png.

SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS
       Any bugs found should be reported to  the  online  bug-tracking	system
       available  on  the  web at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/. Before reporting
       bugs, please check to see if the bug has already been reported.

       When reporting GIMP bugs, it is important to include a reliable way  to
       reproduce  the  bug, version number of GIMP (and probably GTK), OS name
       and version, and any relevant hardware specs. If a  bug	is  causing  a
       crash,  it  is  very  useful  if	 a stack trace can be provided. And of
       course, patches to rectify the bug are even better.

OTHER INFO
       The canonical place to find GIMP info is at http://www.gimp.org/.  Here
       you can find links to just about many other GIMP sites, tutorials, data
       sets, mailing list archives, and more.

       There is also a GIMP User Manual available  at  http://manual.gimp.org/
       that goes into much more detail about the interactive use of GIMP.

       The  latest  version  of	 GIMP and the GTK+ libs is always available at
       ftp://ftp.gimp.org/.

AUTHORS
       Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis.

       With patches, fixes, plug-ins, extensions, scripts, translations, docu‐
       mentation and more from lots and lots of people all over the world.

SEE ALSO
       gimprc(5), gimptool(1), gimp-remote(1)

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